Electra (aircraft company)
Headquartered in northern Virginia, USA, Electra is building a hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft that requires almost no runway, opening up a range of interesting flight capabilities bridging the gap between VTOLs and conventional planes. Full scale prototypes are being flight-tested, with over US$8 billion on the future books thanks to more than 2,000 pre-orders.
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We've been following Electra's ultra-short takeoff and landing electric hybrid prototype for some time and now the company has unveiled its EL9 Ultra Short production model that is designed to carry nine passengers at 175 knots (201 mph, 324 km/h). -
Electra has shown off the extreme takeoff and landing capabilities of its hybrid-electric Short Takeoff and Landing (eSTOL) Ultra Short prototype aircraft to the US Military. The aircraft is designed to operate from areas without proper airfields. -
This remarkable hybrid-electric aircraft has raked in more than US$8 billion on the back of its remarkable promise: quiet, long-range, low-emission flights using almost no runway for takeoff and landing. Watch it deliver in its first STOL test flight. -
In all the buzz around eVTOLs, there's still plenty of appetite for more conventional electric planes – especially, it seems, if they make ludicrous amounts of lift, and can take off and land at incredibly slow speeds, using absolutely tiny runways. -
The US Air Force's flying car program, Agility Prime, is hedging its bets on advanced air mobility, adding an ultra-short takeoff and landing aircraft from Electra.aero into the mix alongside a number of eVTOL projects.